- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (7 Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755321065
- ISBN-13: 978-0755321063
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,077,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's summertime in Monaco and Oz Blackstone is sitting on the verandah of his opulent mansion - one of three homes - idly gazing at Roman Abramovich's luxury yacht as it gently cruises into the harbour. Life doesn't get much better than this. But somebody knows where he lives. A struggling author sweet talks him into buying the movie rights to his latest novel for $50,000, and a shocking trap is laid. The demons of the past begin to creep up on Oz's sunny life: blackmail and murder are lurking in the shadows. Oz travels all the way to Singapore to track down the owner of some incriminating photographs but he's in grave danger of over-exposure. And when organised crime muscles in on the picture, Oz is getting perilously close to losing a lot more than his wealth and reputation...
About the Author
Quintin Jardine took to crime writing both naturally and with relief. Both series of books by Quintin Jardine are available from Headline, the Bob Skinner novels, and the equally praised but very different, Oz Blackstone series. Quintin Jardine is married with an extended family of four adult kids, and two Tonkinese cats.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been reading and enjoying QJ's Bob Skinner and Oz Blackstone novels for a few years now. Big Bob is the alpha middle aged male cop with a mission, and Oz is the young joker who just kept on getting lucky with women, careers and money. All the books have intriguing plots, a cast of vivid characters and a driving pace that keeps you reading to the end. Bob and Oz - and their close ones - live in real time and develop in personality if not wisdom as time goes by.
That said, the disappointing aspect of this book is that Oz seems to have turned into Bob - always right, always full of himself, always rapping out instructions, always name-checking high cost consumer items from watches to private jets and always solving the mystery. He's on top of the world, Ma. Wouldn't you just love to see him come a cropper?
Based on what QJ did with Bob Skinner a few years ago, I predict Oz will reach the heights and fall from them in the next book. He'll be nominated for Best Supporting Actor, have another perfect child (goodness knows who by)and solve another murderous mystery. But It Will All Go Horribly Wrong and many of us will feel profound satisfaction at his fall into depression and disgrace. The media have been getting extremely rich on our desire to see the mighty fallen for years. Well worth reading this one and the next for the schadenfreude alone. Great writing and great marketing, Mr Jardine!
That said, the disappointing aspect of this book is that Oz seems to have turned into Bob - always right, always full of himself, always rapping out instructions, always name-checking high cost consumer items from watches to private jets and always solving the mystery. He's on top of the world, Ma. Wouldn't you just love to see him come a cropper?
Based on what QJ did with Bob Skinner a few years ago, I predict Oz will reach the heights and fall from them in the next book. He'll be nominated for Best Supporting Actor, have another perfect child (goodness knows who by)and solve another murderous mystery. But It Will All Go Horribly Wrong and many of us will feel profound satisfaction at his fall into depression and disgrace. The media have been getting extremely rich on our desire to see the mighty fallen for years. Well worth reading this one and the next for the schadenfreude alone. Great writing and great marketing, Mr Jardine!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first oz blackstone story I have ever read and in fact the first Qunitin Jardine book I had ever read. It definetely makes my top 10 books. The storyline is brilliant and has encouraged me to read more Oz Blackstone stories as well!
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Format:Paperback
Another great novel from the king of crime writing. I enjoyed this book and the story kept me engrossed for ages - couldn't put it down.
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Have to agree with another review on this one as it will also be my first and last by this author.
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I just don't get it. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2008 by Mr. S. Morton
Can't help but enjoy
Despite the almost childlike inability to avoid product placement and hotel and restaurant reviews, even a cliched tour guide to Singapore, I can't help enjoying the Oz Blackstone... Read more
Published on 26 May 2008 by catholic reader
Product placement galore!!
I have never read a book with so much product placement in my life - constant references to Avis, Breitling, the Philip Kingsley Trichological Centre (how much did they pay him?! Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2006
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